Photo: Jayna Gavieres

Americans have yet another American thing to rejoice about, food-related, of course. Just yesterday, Texas-based Blue Bell Creamery released a new fall flavor of ice cream called Camo ‘n Cream. It consists of three different flavors: Pistachio Almond, Milk Chocolate, and Cream Cheese all swirled together to create a camouflage look and a medley of deliciousness.

“You see the camo design on everything these days, so we thought why not create an ice cream flavor that looks camouflage?” Carl Breed, director of marketing for Blue Bell, said on a press release. “We tried a few different combinations but chose these flavors because they compliment each other so well.” And indeed they do, Breed.

Let’s not all jump the gun, though. Evidently, Blue Bell’s ice cream is quite hard to find in Southern California. The company’s website currently shows that no locations in California sell their brand of ice cream, but with my obsessive need to find extremely limited items, I reigned supreme and found one small shop that has this exclusive new flavor.

Whipp’d, a soft-serve shop with two locations in Huntington Beach and Los Angeles, not only offers Blue Bell ice cream, but also Dole whip and Carbolite ice cream among other goodies. These dedicated souls travel all the way to Texas to bring California a rarity in the ice cream world.

Photo: Jayna Gavieres

Now, let me be a straight shooter here: It’s really freakin’ good. The Milk Chocolate isn’t overbearing, the Pistachio Almond provides a good amount of nuts in your mouth, and the Cream Cheese adds a slight tartness to the cohesion and overall unity of flavors in this special ice cream. Breed was right about the complimenting combination!

Blue Bell’s new Camo ‘n Cream truly holds its camouflage quality in California because of how rare this cold treat is to find here. It may be a steep $14.50 per half gallon, but bite the bullet and try it because Blue Bell knows how to make quality ice cream.